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New Jersey
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for New Jersey.
421Documented
2In custody
224Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New Jersey
Where New Jersey’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 160
1940s 52
1970s 46
1960s 36
1920s 30
1910s 26
Recent dashboard entries from New Jersey
The newest published events and reporting located in New Jersey, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
LaMonica McIver faces rehearing deadline in ICE-visit prosecution
Arrest
Five people arrested during an anti-ICE protest outside the Atlantic City Public Safety Building
Prosecution
Rep. LaMonica McIver urges appeals court to toss federal assault charges
Other
FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants
Other
Bearing Witness to ICE Abuses at Delaney Hall
Arrest
What to know about the protests and arrests outside a New Jersey detention center
Arrest
Arrests Continue at Delaney Hall After ICE Drawdown – But They're Slowing Down, NJ Mayor Says
Prosecution
Brooklyn man Nicholas Scelfo was charged with threatening to assault and murder an ICE officer and his family after a confrontation at the Delaney Hall facility in Newark
Documented cases
421 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Abel Handy
Released
Abel Handy was an active member of Furniture Woodworking Division Local76-B in JerseyCity,NewJersey. The Daily...
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Harry P. Harmer
Harry P. Harmer was president of United Electrical and Radio Workers Local 103 in Camden, New Jersey. The Dail...
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Louis Harris
Released
Louis Harris was a member of the National Textile Workers Union charged with first-degree murder during the 19...
M
Martin Harris (Federated Press photographer)
Martin Harris was a Federated Press photographer arrested outside the struck Miller Furniture establishment in...
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Else Marie Hartmann
Else Marie Hartmann was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouce...
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Max Herbert Heinze
Max Herbert Heinze was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouces...
E
Elinor Henderson
Released
Elinor Henderson organized agricultural workers during the 1934 Seabrook Farms strike in New Jersey. Police so...
G
Gertrude Margaret Herter
Gertrude Margaret Herter was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in G...
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Hugo Karl Herter
Hugo Karl Herter was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouceste...
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Werner Hugo Herter
Werner Hugo Herter was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouces...
H
Howard Hess
Howard Hess was individually named among five RCA strikers indicted by a Camden grand jury on seven counts, ac...
C
Charles Hicks
Released
Charles Hicks was a Jersey City Panther held in Hudson County Jail before trial over an alleged police-station...
A
Anne Hill
Anne Hill is individually named in the September 1, 1972 Friends Journal among Friends and associated particip...
A
Alfred H. Hirsch
Released
Alfred H. Hirsch was secretary of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners — the intellec...
T
Therese Hoehenberger
Therese Hoehenberger was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouc...
H
Harry Hoffman
Harry Hoffman was individually named among five RCA strikers indicted by a Camden grand jury on seven counts,...
D
Daniel Hogan
Released
Daniel Hogan, 21, was a prisoner at Trenton State Prison in New Jersey who was to be a key witness against gua...
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Isaiah Hurley
The paper identifies Isaiah “Butterfly” Hurley with Charles “Coco” Hicks and Victor Perez as the three Panther...
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Lilly Illian
Lilly Illian was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Gloucester Ci...
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John Ilucci
John Ilucci was individually named among five RCA strikers indicted by a Camden grand jury on seven counts, ac...
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Esther Jaffe
Esther Jaffe, wife of Newark carpenters-union leader Louis Jaffe, is individually named by Grover among 23 peo...
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Louis Jaffe
Louis Jaffe was a Newark carpenters-union leader and close associate of Morris Langer. Warren Grover identifie...
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Walter E. A. Jogwick
Walter E. A. Jogwick was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouc...
B
Beth Johnson
Beth Johnson was among twelve workers prosecuted after an August 25, 1932 Communist election rally at Charlton...
Institutions in New Jersey
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New Jersey that appear in the census’s case files.
New Jersey State PrisonTrenton, New Jersey
15 cases
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for WomenClinton, New Jersey
10 cases
Essex County JailNewark, New Jersey
9 cases
New Jersey State Prison, TrentonTrenton, New Jersey
6 cases
Passaic County JailPaterson, New Jersey
6 cases
Bergen County JailHackensack, New Jersey
3 cases
U.S. District Court, District of New JerseyTrenton, New Jersey
3 cases
FCI Fort DixFort Dix, New Jersey
2 cases